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In the newsletter this week
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After recent unrest in Epping, asylum seekers in hotels are back in the headlines.
Yesterday, shadow housing secretary Sir James Cleverly said Labour is “opening up asylum hotels” and “increasing the use of asylum accommodation around the country”.
We've checked both parts of this claim, how many hotels are being used and how many asylum seekers are staying in them.
There are slightly fewer hotels being used
Labour promised during the election to end the use of hotels for asylum seekers, claiming it would save billions of pounds.
The number of hotels in use seems to have decreased slightly since the election, from 213 to 210.
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But more asylum seekers are now in hotels
At the same time, the latest available figures suggest the number of asylum seekers housed in hotels has increased under Labour. At the end of March 2025, there were 32,345 asylum seekers living in hotels. That's up from 29,585 in June 2024, just before Labour took office.
We’ve rated this pledge as Appears off track
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Best wishes,
Craig
P.S. - You might have missed our explainer covering the Afghan resettlement scheme last week.
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In recent weeks, we've noticed mixed messages about jobs and unemployment, and possible confusion about how unemployment can rise at the same time as more people are in work.
In this article, we explain what's behind the latest numbers and why both unemployment and jobs have gone up since Labour came into power in July 2024.
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Yesterday, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, took legal action in a US court against influencer Candace Owens. Ms Owens wrongly claimed that Mrs Macron was born male.
This is not true. It’s part of a conspiracy theory that we have repeatedly debunked.
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At the end of Ridley Scott’s film Blade Runner, an android called Roy famously talks about memories and experiences being lost forever.
You might think that in a digital world Roy’s memories would be safely backed up online, but they’re not.
As our guest blogger and Full Fact trustee Claire Wardle explains, even in this digital age, archives and databases can vanish without warning.
Like tears in rain.
This creates a serious challenge: how can fact checkers and the public establish what’s true when vital records keep disappearing…
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Full Fact’s most recent updates to our tracker of government policy.
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Tuesday 22 July
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Is the government delivering on its pledge to give 16 and 17-year-olds the right to vote?
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Has the government updated the rules on voter ID?
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Monday 21 July
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Is the government on track to deliver 1.5 million new homes?
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Is the government on track to deliver its ‘New Deal for Working People’?
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Is the government on course to introduce a new offence of assault on shopworkers?
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Thursday 18 July
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Is the government on course to deliver 40,000 more NHS appointments per week?
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Is the government on track to capitalise Great British Energy with £8.3 billion?
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